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... Congo to the Zambezi When the Portuguese discovered the estuary of the Congo in 1482 , they found themselves in contact with one of the largest states in Africa south of the Sahara , and with one of the very few large states situated ...
... Congo to the Zambezi When the Portuguese discovered the estuary of the Congo in 1482 , they found themselves in contact with one of the largest states in Africa south of the Sahara , and with one of the very few large states situated ...
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... Congo , however , which presented the pan - African movement both with its greatest triumph and with its most serious test . The idea of decolonization was slow in entering the heads of its Belgian rulers . These maintained a rigid ...
... Congo , however , which presented the pan - African movement both with its greatest triumph and with its most serious test . The idea of decolonization was slow in entering the heads of its Belgian rulers . These maintained a rigid ...
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... Congo leaders . The situation was further complicated during 1960 by the at- tainment of independence by many French territories , which - being nearer to the Congo and more closely allied with the west than other independent African ...
... Congo leaders . The situation was further complicated during 1960 by the at- tainment of independence by many French territories , which - being nearer to the Congo and more closely allied with the west than other independent African ...
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administration agriculture Algeria Almoravid already ancient Arab areas Bantu became began Belgian Benin Berber Boer Britain British Cape capital Capsian central centre century B.C. Christian civilization coastal colonial governments communities Congo conquest continent cultivators culture desert dynasty early East economic Egypt Egyptian eighteenth century empire established Ethiopia Europe European export forest France French frontier Fulani Ghana Gold Coast Guinea Hausa independence influence interior Islam ivory Kanem Kenya Khartoum king kingdom labour Lake land later Maghrib Mali Mediterranean ment millennium B.C. missionary Moçambique modern Monomatapas Morocco Muhammad Muslim nationalists Negro Niger Nigeria Nile valley nineteenth century northern Nyasaland period political population Portuguese probably region Rhodesia Roman rule rulers Sahara Sanhaja savanna Senegal settlement settlers slave trade society Songhai South Africa southern Southern Rhodesia Sudan Tanganyika territories Timbuctu tion traditional Transvaal tribal tribes Tunisia Uganda West Africa western Sudan Zambezi Zanzibar Zenata